Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction

The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) is a conservative political party in The Gambia, founded in 1996 by Yahya Jammeh. The Jola ethnic group made up the majority of APRC's membership, and the party controlled Gambian politics for two decades. In 2016, the party held 43/48 National Assembly seats and 4/5 Pan-African Parliament seats, and the APRC lost the 2016 presidential election to Adama Barrow and a coalition of independent opposition parties.